Hi Forum,
I have DP35DP Intel motherboard, I have been using my desktop for almost 3 years now.
I am now going thru some serious update, and since it's been 2+ years I haven't followed up with new tech and new specs. I just want to be sure before I start spending any dough on anything. I currently have 3 internal hard drives, with Seagate brand. I have been searching for different options and I am thinking to get a new 1 TB internal hard drive, my main question is that;
1-Do I have to match the new internal hd's brand with existing ones? in other words Do I have to purchase a new Seagate hd in my case? or can I go with lets say completely different brand like WD?
2-second thing is in the manual of the motherboard, it writes "The Desktop Board supports six Serial ATA channels (3.0 Gb/s) via ICH9R, connecting one device per channel. One channel is configured as an eSATA channel." I am assuming this 3.0 Gb/s spec is the only thing I need to make sure it matches with the new internal hd? or Do I have to match also things like cache size (some has 32mb, some 64mb I saw)
3-in general if you can enlighten me in the things I need to make sure not to have any problems with my existing hard drives, I would appreciate,
Thank you for your time in advance,
Arda
ps. I dont know if it matters, but just in case I have & plan to continue using Windows 7 64 bit Professional.
I have DP35DP Intel motherboard, I have been using my desktop for almost 3 years now.
I am now going thru some serious update, and since it's been 2+ years I haven't followed up with new tech and new specs. I just want to be sure before I start spending any dough on anything. I currently have 3 internal hard drives, with Seagate brand. I have been searching for different options and I am thinking to get a new 1 TB internal hard drive, my main question is that;
1-Do I have to match the new internal hd's brand with existing ones? in other words Do I have to purchase a new Seagate hd in my case? or can I go with lets say completely different brand like WD?
2-second thing is in the manual of the motherboard, it writes "The Desktop Board supports six Serial ATA channels (3.0 Gb/s) via ICH9R, connecting one device per channel. One channel is configured as an eSATA channel." I am assuming this 3.0 Gb/s spec is the only thing I need to make sure it matches with the new internal hd? or Do I have to match also things like cache size (some has 32mb, some 64mb I saw)
3-in general if you can enlighten me in the things I need to make sure not to have any problems with my existing hard drives, I would appreciate,
Thank you for your time in advance,
Arda
ps. I dont know if it matters, but just in case I have & plan to continue using Windows 7 64 bit Professional.